During an Ahmad Shah Abdali game, Hassan Eisakhil of the Hindukush Strikers hit a hundred on first-class debut, against the Maiwand Champions.
The son of Mohammad Nabi, Eisakhil was one of two debutants for Hindukush in the game, along with teammate Aqil Khan. Eisakhil has been in the news for some time.
In 2023, he hit a 32-ball fifty against the India Under-19s. He was part of Afghanistan’s squad in the 2024 U19 World Cup. In 2024, he hit a 45-ball 150 in a T20 match. Earlier this year, Nabi confessed that it was his dream to play alongside his son.
Hassan Eisakhil shines with hundred on first-class debut
Here, Eisakhil made 24 in the first innings in Hindukush’s total of 197, putting up exactly 50 with Usman Noori for the opening stand. Bilal Ahmed top-scored for Hindukush with 41, while Zia-ur-Rehman returned figures of 5-30 (including Eisakhil’s wicket) and Zahir Khan 3-47 for Maiwand.
In response, Ziaur Rahman (not to be confused with his Maiwand near-namesake) claimed 5-33 and Mohibullah Zurmati 3-46 to restrict Maiwand to a 30-run lead. Maiwand were 17-3 at one point before Ijaz Ahmed (67) and Shawkat Zaman (76) put on 130 for the fourth wicket.
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Hindukush went to stumps on the second day at 29-0. On the third day, Eisakhil raced to his hundred off 124 balls before being first out for 105, yet again to Zia-ur-Rehman. By then, he and Noori had put on 168 for the opening stand.
In doing this, Eisakhil outdid his father’s maiden first-class hundred - 102 against a Zimbabwe XI in an Inter-Continental Cup match in 2009. Nabi’s other first-class hundred, 117 against the UAE, came in 2011.
Once Noori fell eight short of a hundred, Zia-ur-Rehman inched towards his second five-wicket haul as Hindukush slipped from 239-2 to 250-5. At the time of writing, they were 306-5 with Ikram Alikhil (32) and Bilal (32) at the crease.
